Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Not from Nowhere

The Independenthangs out with Samir El-Youssef, whose first English language novel, The Illusion of Return, is just out in England.

"I don't believe in the right of return," he says, "and don't want to return, but I do want an acknowledgement from the Israelis that I don't come from nowhere... It is a question of honour and dignity.